Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-06
WILLIAM A. WHEELER DEAD.
lie Passes Peacefully and P',inlossly Away

lie Passes Peacefully and PainIcs,ly Ava,
I'm EventtuI Career.
WNrEEruwN, y Y, June 4.-Thc Hon
VIM. a. Wheeler died at his home in Ma
lone at IU:l0 o'clock this morning.
lie remained in comatose state durin.
the night, and passed peacefully away with
out Sigu of recognition OF those around
him.
For ten days Mr.. Wheeler had been con
scious aud rational only At intervals, unC
for the past two OF three days N q stupol
the greater part of the time, his malady
being softening OF the brain
Mr.. Wheeler had been slowly failing
through the past five or six years, until
last winter, when the progress of the dis.
ease became more rapid, and his physician
and friends began to fear the approach OF
the end. On the night Of March 5 he was
seized with chills, followed by sinking
spell, and it was thought for hours that he
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but never again regained his former vigOr
and strength. Mental weakness gradually
became apparent and increased until first
there were indications OF insanity, and
finally OF helpleSsueSs and unconscious.
ness.
William A. Wheeler was born in Frank.
lin county, New York, June ;, 1919 lie
received a common school education and
studied law. He was elected to his first
otlice-District Attorney of his native
cOunty-by the Democrats. He was sub
Sequently elected to the State Assembly
and the Senate by the Wings, aud in lS5-
and lS59 was reelected to the Senate by
the Republicans.
In the fall of the latter year he was
elected to the Thirty Congress. In
1861 he was elected Il member of the New
York Constitutional Convention. The fall
after the adjournment OF this convention
he was elected Congressman from the Scy,
cntceth district. He WAS author of the
Louisiana Compromise, which brought Il
measurable degree of prosperity on that
State in lS7i. lie WAS nominated for Vice
President on the ticket with rutherford
T. Hayes ~ President, at the Republican
convention held i'll Cincinnati, the nOmi
nation being made on Friday evening, June
Ii, 1876.
The late Vice President was q man OF
very quiet manners and was very reticient
in the House debates. lie always selected
4 seat well back in the hall, and before he
ever made any move consulted with his
Republican colleagues. lie would write
out his moves and, submit them to Gar
field, Kelly and the old Republican lead
ers before Offering them, and was always
noted for his caution.
He was one of the finest conversations
aliStS in the House and delighted TO talk
to Il small circle, but nc"cr talked at ran
dom for the Record. The wheeler Com
promise" by which the two rival State
Governments in Louisiana were reCOncilcd
and reconstruction in the South hcStcned,
made him very popular both i'll the North
and South.
His nomination for Vice President was
partly due to his reputation in this regard
so obtained. lie had received one vote
for President all the way through the bal
loting at Cincinnati, and that one little
thin-voiccd vote penetrated through every
crevice OF the greet hall and brought his
name and cOnServati.C reputation before
the convention.